Game apparatus and advertising novelty.



PATENTED NOV. 21, 1906.

J. R. BROWN. I GAME APPARATUS vAND ADVERTISING NOVELTY.

APPLICATION FILED APR.11. 1905.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GAME APPARATUS AND ADVERTISING NOVELTY- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 21, 1905.

Application filed April 11, 1905v Serial No. 254,945.

To all whmn it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, JOHN R. BROWN, acitizen of the United States.residing at Chinagrove, in the county of Rowan and State of NorthCarolina, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in GameApparatus and Advertising Novelties, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to games, and more particularly to that class ofchance devices in which a disk bearing various characters around itsouter rim is caused to rotate under a pointer or indicator in order tosee which character will come to rest under said pointer. In practice itis intended to call the game Roulette race. It has for its object toproduce a device of the character mentioned which shall be bothinteresting and instructive and which can at the same time bemanufactured very cheaply and which will therefore be very desirable foradvertising purthe drawings.

poses.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1is a plan view of the device. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the base with thedisk removed. Fig. 3 is an inverted perspective view of the disk. Fig. 1is a perspective view of the operating-lever.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all views of the drawings by the samereference characters.

The numeral 1 indicates the base, which is formed with a circular recess2 in its top. At the center of this recess 2 there is a raised seat 3,the top of which lies in a plane slightly lower than that of the top ofthe base. An indicating needle or pointer 4 is fastened to the base sothat it projects out over the recess 2 for a short distance. A circulardisk 5 is provided, the outer rim of which is marked off and subdividedinto a number of spaces by radial lines. Various characters, as may bedesired, are stamped in these spaces, as can best be understood byreference to Fig. 1 of The under side of this disk 5 is provided with aconcentric circle of spaced projections or lugs 6. These projections 6may be formed in any suitable manner, but for the sake of cheapness ofmanufacture are preferably formed by stamping and bending tonguesdownward from the disk 5. The said disk 5 is pivoted at its center pointto the raised seat 3 by a pin 7 and is of such a size that it willrotate freely in the recess 2.

An operating-lever 8 passes through an opening 9 in the side of thebase 1. This lever 8, as best seen in Fig. 4, is formed out of asheet-metal strip by bending one end around to form a handle 10 and bycutting and bending the other end in any suitable manner to form aflange 11 thereon at right angles to the plane of the sheet-metal stripand extending in a longitudinal direction. The lever 8 is pivoted at apoint 12, so that when the handle 10 is pushed from one side to theother the flange 11 will come into engagement with one of theprojections 6 and force the disk 5 to revolve and will then swing out ofengagement with said projections. It is obvious that when the lever 8 ispushed in opposite directions the circular disk 5 will be caused torotate in opposite directions. Any number of persons may participate inthis game, and the object is to see who can get one hundred or any otherpredetermined number of points first, the players taking turns atcausing the disk to revolve and abiding by the character which comes torest under the pointer 4 and which may be' for or against the player.

From the foregoing description it will be understood that this game willbe very interesting to both young and old people and at the same timevery instructive in that it gives them continual practice in theaddition and subtraction of numbers.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is 1. In a gameapparatus, the combination of a base having a recess therein, a diskpivotally mounted within said recess, said disk being provided aroundits outer rim with reference characters and also having a concentriccircle of spaced lugs projecting therefrom, and an operating-leveradapted to engage with said lugs to cause the disk to rotate, said leverthen swinging out of engagement with the lugs.

2. In a game apparatus the combination of a base havinga circular recesstherein and a raised seat at the center of said recess, a disk pivotedupon said raised seat, said disk being provided around its outer rimwith reference characters and also having a concentric circle of spacedlugs projecting from its bottom side, a pointer attached to said baseand projecting over the edge of said disk, and an operatinglever adaptedto engage With said lugs to cause the disk to rotate, said lever thenswinging out of engagement with said lugs.

3. In a game apparatus the combination of a base having a circularrecess therein and a raised seat at the center of said recess, a diskpivoted upon said raised seat, said disk being provided around its outerrim with reference characters and also having a concentric circle ofspaced lugs projecting from its bottom side, a pointer attached to saidbase and projecting over the edge of said disk, and an operatingleverpassing through an opening in the side of said base and adapted toengage with said lugs to cause the disk to rotate and then to swing outof engagement With said lugs.

4. In a game apparatus the combination of a base having a circularrecess therein and a raised seat at the center of said recess; a diskpivoted upon said raised seat, said disk being provided around its outerrim With reference characters and also having a concentric circle ofspaced lugs projecting into said recess and encircling said raised seat,a pointer attached to said base and projecting over the edge of saiddisk, and an operating-lever adapted to engage With said lugs to causethe disk to rotate, said lever then swinging out of engagement with saidlugs.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of tWo Witnesses.

JOHN R. BROWN. [L. s.] Witnesses:

JAMES E. CoRRELL, FRANK E. WRIGHT.

